Ehsani Johnathon P, Weast Rebecca A, Chirles Theresa J, Hellinger Andrew, Yenokyan Gayane, Zhang Yifan
Center for Injury Research and Policy, Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland.
Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, Arlington, Virginia.
AJPM Focus. 2022 Dec 22;2(1):100058. doi: 10.1016/j.focus.2022.100058. eCollection 2023 Mar.
Supervised practice during the learner stage of graduated driver licensing is required in all U.S. states and some international jurisdictions. Several U.S. states require driving hours to be recorded in a paper logbook, making it susceptible to errors or falsification. A smartphone app that operates as an electronic logbook could serve as an alternative. The purpose of this study was to measure the impact of the logbook format (i.e., paper versus electronic) on self-reported driving behavior.
Parent‒teen dyads were enrolled and assigned to electronic (=147) and paper (=131) logbook groups using a block design.
SETTING/PARTICIPANTS: This study was conducted in Maryland. Data were collected for 6 continuous months while teenagers held a learner permit between January 2020 and December 2021.
Electronic logbook to measure practice driving.
Self-reported driving between the electronic and paper logbook groups. For those using electronic logbooks, an agreement between self-reported trips and electronic logbook trips and perceptions of using an electronic logbook to measure driving.
There were no statistically significant differences in any measures of self-reported practice driving by logbook type (electronic versus paper). Agreement between self-reported and electronic logbook‒recorded trips ranged between 68.6% and 79.0% (allowing a difference of 2 trips per week). User satisfaction with the electronic logbook was high, with 93.0% of teenagers and 91.9% of parents stating that they would recommend the app to a friend.
An electronic logbook is a viable approach to measuring practice driving. Eventually, it could become part of a system where practice requirements are verified, allowing states to move toward performance-based graduated driver licensing.
美国所有州和一些国际司法管辖区都要求在分级驾驶员执照的学习阶段进行监督练习。美国几个州要求驾驶时间记录在纸质日志中，这容易出现错误或造假。一款作为电子日志运行的智能手机应用程序可以作为一种替代方案。本研究的目的是衡量日志格式（即纸质与电子）对自我报告的驾驶行为的影响。
招募父母与青少年二元组，并使用区组设计将其分配到电子日志组（=147）和纸质日志组（=131）。
设置/参与者：本研究在马里兰州进行。在2020年1月至2021年12月期间，青少年持有学习许可证时，连续6个月收集数据。
使用电子日志来测量练习驾驶情况。
电子日志组和纸质日志组之间的自我报告驾驶情况。对于使用电子日志的人，自我报告的行程与电子日志行程之间的一致性以及使用电子日志来测量驾驶的看法。
按日志类型（电子与纸质）划分，自我报告的练习驾驶的任何测量指标均无统计学上的显著差异。自我报告与电子日志记录的行程之间的一致性在68.6%至79.0%之间（允许每周相差2次行程）。青少年对电子日志的用户满意度很高，93.0%的青少年和91.9%的父母表示他们会向朋友推荐该应用程序。
电子日志是一种可行的测量练习驾驶的方法。最终，它可能成为一个验证练习要求的系统的一部分，使各州能够朝着基于表现的分级驾驶员执照发展。
